Since the AAP starting recommending in 1992 that babies always be put to sleep on their backs, deaths from SIDS dramatically decreased initially, but have plateaued in recent years. At the same time, deaths from other causes, including suffocation, entrapment and asphyxia, have increased. Although those deaths are technically not SIDS, since SIDS can only be ruled as the cause of death when all other possibilities have been eliminated, the AAP is hoping parents will refrain from using bumpers to reduce the risk of all sleep-related deaths in babies.Plus: Study Shows SIDS Spikes on New Year’s Day